Monday, August 20, 2007

Lani Hall - A Brazileira Lani Hall (1981)

"Special thanks to Sergio Mendes for changing the course of my life, and for introducing me to the beautiful sounds of Brasil. Thank you Aloysio de Oliveira (Luie) for making this album a reality, and to Oscar Castro Neves for his unique talent. The music of Brasil has entered my heart and sings through my soul".

Lani Hall

Wonderful statement by a singer with several albums at Loronix having her first album as main performer today. I never heard about a solo LP by Lani Hall, actually, my education on Sergio Mendes did not reach his supporting artists and I could only take Leni Hall as an artist with this album, thanks to Caetano for providing to our community.

This is Lani Hall - A Brazileira Lani Hall (1981), for A&M, produced by the mighty Aloysio de Oliveira and arranged by Oscar Castro Neves. Lani Hall does not speak Portuguese and sings Portuguese lyrics as Brazilian, and she sings very well. A Brazileira Leni Hall also features percussion by Laudir de Oliveira and Abraham Laboriel on bass. Tracks include:

Personnel

Oscar Castro Neves
(violao, cavaquinho, keyboards, percussion, arrangements)
Neil Larsen, Don Grusin
(keyboards)
Abraham Laboriel
(electric bass)
Chuck Domanico
(acoustic bass)
Vince Colaiuta
(drums)
Laudir de Oliveira, Lani Hall
(percussion)
Glen Garret, John Mitchell, Phil Ayling, Mike Aitshyl
(flutes)
Barbara Korn
(trompa)
Gerald Vinci
(spalla)
Raymond Kelley
(cello)
Alan Harshman
(violin)
Assa Drop
(viola)

Track List

01 - Minha (Francis Hime / Ruy Guerra)
02 - Era Uma Vez Um Caso (Edu Lobo / Cacaso)
03 - Clareana (Joyce)
04 - Frozen Memories (Trocando Em Miúdos) (Francis Hime / Chico Buarque / Vrs. Lani Hall)
05 - Casa Forte (Edu Lobo)
06 - O Samba da Minha Terra (Dorival Caymmi)
07 - Para-raio (Djavan)
08 - Lamento (Pixinguinha / Vinicius de Moraes)
09 - Olha Maria (Tom Jobim / Chico Buarque)
10 - I Want To Stay (Johnny Alf / Vrs. Lani Hall)
11 - Abre Alas (Ivan Lins / Vitor Martins / Vrs. Aloysio de Oliveira)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I want you to know that I downloaded this album from your site. It was the only Lani Hall solo project I did not have. I had transfered all her other albums to CD. When Herb Alpert and Lani Hall were in SF recently I gifted all ten of her solo albums to CDs to Ms Hall with some flowers, as a thank you for her beautiful music for 40 years.
I received a lovely note back from Lani, herself, thanking me and saying she'd hadn't heard these albums in many, many years. She heard your A Brazileira!
:)

zecalouro said...

Wooww, this is really nice. Thanks for getting this album to Lani Hall, a Brazileira.

We should also thank Caetano Rodrigues, he was the one that gave this album to our community.

Let’s say thanks to Anonymous, Caetano Rodrigues and Lani Hall!

Regards, zeca

Unknown said...

To Anonymous - how can I download Lani Hall A Brasileira album. Please help me. Thanks

B_4 said...

Hi roberto
contact me

John Faustino said...

Tracks 1-4, 8 & 10 are corrupted and wouldn't open. Please re-up link.

Thanks so much!